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Your Mindset Determines How Good You Will Be
The motorcycle class was supposed to be a way for her husband and daughter to bond; Johanna Noble had no idea it would change her life.
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See Motorcycles This Summer
In these so-called modern times, people are under constant stress from bumper-to-bumper commutes, roadway courtesy is a lost art, too many drive under the influence of alcohol or other drugs, and over 43,000 Americans lose their lives yearly in traffic collisions.
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From ‘Never Ride’ to Motorcycle Program Manager
Growing up, Brandi Behling heard too many unnerving stories about motorcycles and never thought she would ride. Little did she know, fate had other plans for her. Read on to see how Brandi’s journey led her to become program manager for the New York State Motorcycle Safety Program.
![Tim didn’t grow up around motorcycles. But after a few MSF courses, including the Basic RiderCourse and DirtBike School, Tim was able to embark on two-wheeled adventures.](https://msf-usa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Struby-02.jpg)
A Native New Yorker Discovers a Whole New Community
For writer Tim Struby, an assignment introduced him to motorcycling, but it was the motorcycling community that helped make his life richer.
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30 Years Later, She Made Her Dream Come True
Dawn Temple, a photographer and teacher, dreamed of owning a Vespa when she was 14 years old, but she never got around to getting training and buying one until just last year, as she was about to turn 45.
![Motorcycles made a big impression on Piper, shown here with her Triumph Street Twin. She bought the school where she had taken her MSF Basic RiderCourse and became an MSF-certified RiderCoach.](https://msf-usa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/02-Piper-thm.jpg)
Just the Girl for the Job
As a kid, Armene Piper loved Sunday evening rides on the back of her dad’s 1976 Honda CB550. It was
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Motorcycling Helped Me Better Understand My Father
Writer Brandon Friederich has always been best friends with his father, so of course the two would take the MSF
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Maddox Kennerson: Rocker. Rider.
Guitarist Maddox Kennerson is a 16-year-old of many talents. Not only is he in three bands while attending school full-time, he’s been cast in “Shop Class” on Disney+, he’s featured in numerous commercials, and he has many hobbies, including dirt bike riding.
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Middle School Teacher to MSF RiderCoach
Jerry Foster-Julian, now 80, recently hung up her RiderCoach hat, but she hasn’t hung up her helmet yet. The former middle school teacher, who started riding in the 1960s and has traveled the world by motorcycle, served as a RiderCoach for more than 20 years.
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Sharing an Adventure, Reconnecting with Their Past
Friends Jaime Gabaldoni and Lazaro Amaro had big plans for a long-distance motorcycle ride. Not only did they want to
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Mom’s Hand-Me-Down Started Brothers’ Careers
What our parents thought would be a fun weekend hobby quickly turned into racing motocross around the southeast together, and an obsession with the sport and motorcycles that would carry into adulthood.
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The Gift Is Presence
Life was wall-to-wall stressful for filmmaker Pamela Romanowsky, a self-described “crazy little rogue artist.” Cue: Motorcycles.
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It Was Just Supposed to be a Weekend Fling
When Doodle signed up for a riding course, she thought it would be one weekend of fun. She was wrong.
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Dirt Biking Can Teach You to Believe in Yourself
Life is all about new experiences and conquering new challenges. Joyce Louis-Jean attends the MSF DirtBike School and finds fun!
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Can Motorcycle Safety Foundation Training Unlock Adventure?
Actor Ian Ziering used MSF DirtBike School training to unleash an ADVnado of riding fun in Alaska.
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The Scam That Sparked an Obsession
Corey Seymour enters the world of motorcycling as the unwitting victim of what, in retrospect, was a kind of scam.